Brian McKnight & Cristina Aguillera

[druizsr]

YEA HE DID!!!

[gosnickersgo]

Brian McKnight killed it on this song!

Love him!

[druizsr]

you gotta understand she's on the stage with a living legend! She kept up!

[justinajanae22]

I love christina, but it's like she's trying to prove that she could sing, instead of just singing the song. I mean, it's way overdone....lol...a four minute song does not need to feel like an hour!

[tiarra273]

After Mariah Carey Christina is my favorite singer I just love her voice

[mycelf38]

I totally agree. Mariah is my all time favorite!

[taurusg32]

I think Christina's got a really good voice - its just the mannerisms I find annoying.

I'm a big Whitney / Mariah fan and I can not only see her emulating their singing techniques (which is a good thing ) but also their bodily movements (which is annoying)

[debz080808]

what was the title of that xmas song?they sing great..ilove them..so much..

[papposwing14]

HAve yourself a merry little Christmas

[musiccc568]

hit me baby one more time....

[MusicVerslaafd]

this song called

'have you self a merry xmas'

[babykiwi87]

brian...is the man

[orlylover2414]

Christina Aguilera is my favorite singer of all time, her voice is unbelievable. Brian is awesome too. They definitely sound amazing together.

[imadiva1989]

Christina Aguilera can definitely sing and I agree that Brian can sing and Boyz II Men in general is a great group.

[mizzmini45]

christina just cant sing that well.. its just over the place and she tries to hard and all her notes sound the same.. you hear one song from her you hear all of them... shes very overrated.. Brian mcknight can blow!! hes up there with wanya morris from boyz II men... they are two of the top male singers of all time!

[papposwing14]

then u must be a very bad person without musical TASTE cause Christina is the shit so is Beyonce , Mariah Charice and Leona and every diva...mhm..

[mizzmini45]

Oh yea right LOL.. you sound like the ONE with bad music taste... Christiana A is very overrated and not great of a singer as everyone makes her out to be

[kroller2009]

yo at 2:21 Christina was stunned by Brians voice. Look at what she does before her next line. He is Super talented, he even blows away superb singers like Christina. Man thats talent. His voice is unlimited....

[chugzi4u]

WICKED... XXX

[KrisjeB1990]

I think Chris shouldn't have done so many rifs.. It's like she was trying to imitate Mariah Carey at some point(the really high note)

Brian is still tha man though.

[14eight]

Christina is a way better singer than mariah. and i agree brian is the man.

[MissSaraBG]

adorei!!!

[clausenness]

anybody on here who wrote something relatively negative about this video is a fool. audiopusher, you said it. it is truly technique. mcknight is my hero.

[0sweety0]

i love christmas...and i love brain mcknight and christina!! what a great combination!!!!

[audiopusher112]

omg on 2:18 his voice does not crack....its a singing technique ...HIS style...you are clueless

[InterActionFilms]

actually right there, it is a crack. he doesnt do stuff like that when he sings.

[hikeke]

crack or not, if you can find me a singer that can make a crack sound that amazing, let me know ;D

[leilaessence]

brian is great,christina is the same and everybody make mistakes. I'd like to make mistakes like him,his voice is amzing!

[heavenlyjessica]

Yeah if you don't breathe correctly a note comes out wrong so it's all good.... I wish they would just sing it instead of letting the notes linger too long.

[eebags1]

yeah 2:18, more his voice "cracked" under pressure. Not really a mistake as such. Ah well it happens, the dude rocks. If I could sing as half as good as him I would be happy. =D

[makoli253]

OK... @2:18 brian mcknight makes a mistake. yes, i know he is not a machine. humans make mistakes, errors, blip, a slip, wutever you want to call it. during the "frill out" as you call it, the highest note he was reaching for did not come out. it happens when you over exert your voice and you have an unintended consequence.

wut do you mean by he could fall down during a session and it would be alright? it wouldn't be alright... that is more serious than a singing mistake.

[scadumateus]

im dnt consider that is mistake!

[bestsingerAL]

2:33-2:45! WOW!! AMAZING.....

[missmckfly]

tin ce dvd ke de souvenir!!!jlé achté expré kar yavé mcknight! sois on lé soit on lépa :::p

[aiskreem]

damn maybe xtina shouldnt have done so much rifs

super not needed

would of been nicer, if it was more simple

[junia85]

U r so right! It looks like she was competing with him....

[edwardlinnnorris]

I think that they both are awsome but it was clear that this was a rif contest...each one was clearly trying to out do the other !!!

[makoli253]

i'm surprised mcknight went so hard, he caused himself a voice crack...

[words1966]

Hey if you heard that "crack" around the 2:23 seconds...that is not a CRACK! If you want to "see" that "frill out", free to do it! Brian can make what he wants with his voice and he can permit to make errors with his voice...always if that it's right to call error that "thing" ,during the singing, than you heard. However he is a human being, no a machine, so he could falling down during a session...no problem, he is BRIAN McKNIGHT and his voice it's GREAT, ALWAYS! Take care, Makoli.

[moneymotivated007]

1:23 a little slip of by xtina... mcnight caught it then they both continued!!!  great song

[SexyJessi09]

when was this?.... a mintue ago.... i guess...LOL

[mlke]

3:14 looks like mcknight was like "oookay, woman, i gotcha, you can calm down now" loool

[Erock1275]

Brian is the man!!

[ryhawks49]

looks like krystal needs a new hobby...

[krystal2251]

How? People started getting angry at me for saying his voice cracking was funny. So your mom needs a new kid. Cause you're defective.

[4RealChoice]

you heard that run christina did from 2:33-2:45 that was siiiccckkk...great voice

[krystal2251]

Uh... yeah but that's too much responsibility... I'd rather just go to work... then go home and forget about work.

[krystal2251]

Ever think I might be happy where I'm at? Weirdo.

[krystal2251]

Ya don't really get laid off in the medical field... so suck on that you fool. =]

[hercules71185]

people get laid off in the medical field

it's just SOOO easy to find another job haha.

[krystal2251]

Eh. A lot of people hold their jobs forever. You have to be really stupid to get fired.

[krystal2251]

Lol. Not very creative, are you?

[krystal2251]

You best be. Shoo fly. Don't bother me.

[krystal2251]

I'm not bad. I'm not one of t he best... but I have an ok voice. I'm totally not just saying that. Lol. If I didn't know how to sing... I would so just tell you. But why bother saying this?

[GillianKH]

I love Brian, Christina is awesome but was trying too much, her dress is awesome but her hair looks like trash

[krystal2251]

Lol. Loser.

[FlowFlavio]

amazing chemistry

[krystal2251]

Woopty woop. You caught a typo. Gold star for you!

[krystal2251]

And where did I say I was perfect? Please... explain to me. Divorcee? LMAO. Bitch please. I'm too young to marry, although I'm in a relationship... sad xmas? LOL. I'm telling you guys... You get an A for effort sweetie... Although you're imagination wasn't as wild as the other person's. You lame bastard.

[alejo9496]

whats up with her hair?, looks trashy

[krystal2251]

LOL. That's cute. I'm the complete opposite of everything you just said. Wow. People have imaginations on here... First Brian McKnight's yodeling... now this... LMAO. Don't get mad... you'll be ok. I promise.

[betinabopp1]

both are really good!

[sweatyhot]

People talk about MiMI and Tina oversinging but the fact is technically what they are doing is not easy.

Try writing down those runs and then try to sing what these two just did from a score. Good Luck with that.

[studiocity11]

well she always over sings but you can tell Brian made her better. He is the nest in the business and my mentor

[altazfinest]

yeah hella oversang!!!!!!!!

[hellomynameisearl00]

a tad oversang... even for christina who is known for her oversinging to be not oversang if you can understand that...

[livetodancexox]

christinaaa!

damnn. shes soo goooddd.

shes unbelivveeeablleee.

her voice takes your breathe away

LOVEHER@!

[zusman84]

I love brian's voice, my favorite male vocalist.

[maurolivorno10]

BLUNOTTE2000.-

una cosa in comune te e KARIMA l'avete.

siete fan di BRIAN MCKNIGHT.

Io sono sempre un tuo fan,

[blunotte2000]

the only occasion in which I can stand Christina, usually she irritates me a lot...Brian what to say,

what's the price to hear a lullaby from you before going to sleep?

[AfatasiStylez]

pls dont try u comptet with mariah, u sound good though girl, love to have your vocals brian always the bomb, stop wanting to marry me lol

[MaRoCAnGeL]

wow brian haha what was that at 2:19 haha

but still love youu!

[krystal2251]

LOL! Omg i just noticed it. Hahahaha.

[booobiiii]

i love christiina's hair~~

[MarcioLeiteLVR2]

she's not on drugs. (at least i dont think) haha. she just does that to keep beat. it's annoying, but she does it to every single live song....at least that i've seen.

[inesjj]

hate her hair.. but I Love Her Voice!!

[andyqban831]

I gotta say christina's got some descent vocals but I think she prblly might be on crack, her fingers are twitching like she's playin the trumpet!

[krystal2251]

lol

[asi34]

Dang!! Christina looks like a druggy hahah!! But she can hella sing good!

[ballbags]

Brian owned christina

[Pchn007]

Brian pretty much owns anyone he sings with period...

[krystal2251]

did he own her at 2:18? LMAO. That was no damn yodel. That was him fucking up. STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR HIM GUYS

[ballbags]

At 2:18? Maybe not. But for the rest of the video? Absolutely.

[DaSoxFan12]

christina is hot

[Hopeismyword]

yall are so stupid the man cracked i don't want to hear no yodeling bullshit..he just pulled the crack off.

[vei85]

yes .. he might be yodelling .. but it waa off ..but it didn really matter i guess .. the performance was so full of emotion .. cheers

[Giswindle]

Brian McKnight is a master vocalist. He did not crack at 2:19. What he did was intentional; it's called a yodeling:

Yodeling (or yodelling, jodeling) is a form of singing that involves singing an extended note which rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch from the vocal or chest register (or "chest voice") to the falsetto voice, making a high-low-high-low sound. This vocal technique is used in many cultures throughout the world.

Sorry to get all technical but I had to set the record straight.

[whisky432]

excuses for him, he cracked...

[Giswindle]

Not making excuses, but this is not the first time that Brian and Christina have performed this song. Below I have listed the title of another performance of this song. On this performance he did the same exact yodel rift pattern. See for yourself; copy and paste this title in the youtube search.

Christina Aguilera ft.Brian McKnight Have yourself a merry x

[utubmyfoot]

That's not cracking if you listen to soul music "black people" do it all the time especially men, boys 2 men do it all the time too.

[jakephillips22]

he is the only person who can crack and actually pull it off :D...i love that run :D

[johnruffee]

brilliant singers. it was overdone but brilliant.

[salmonthigh]

dude talk about vocal gymnastics competition. WHERE'S THE MELODY

[agaervin15]

Ez beszarááás, nagyon jóóóó.

Fantastic.

[QuasiSane45]

Love them both as singers. Brian McKnight may have the best male voice of all time in his genre.

Man I'm a full grown man and he give me shivers!

[kandiluvzu]

lol full grown huh

[QuasiSane45]

As opposed to partial hydrogenated I suppose, lol.

Yes, I have all my orifices and longitudinally the upward stretch for me is complete.

And to top it off I also have lost hair where I used to have it and am growing it where I never knew I could.

My journey has ended, lol.

[kandiluvzu]

lol good not many ppl can say that hahah

[Jakeakakc]

HAHAHAH the funniest thing I've ever read in my life!!

[cavstony]

This is better then the collaboration he did with Mariah.

[punksk8ergurl456]

SHE HAS AN AMAZING  VOICE ! SO DOES HE !

[nohomobits]

WOOOOOW

bRIAns voice is like a fine wine it gets better as it ages

same goes for cHristina

[Jakiranz]

brian mcknight is friggin awesome!

[cavstony]

His voice is amazing. He's on a level that Christina's not on yet,.

[ERUMBAIG]

FANTASTIC SINGERS AMAZING.

[lonethu]

omg. listen to christina around 3.00 !! amazing.

[Lao00]

man, i love CA but she looks so jacked up here. What's up with her hair? lol

[Jahleah]

cristina AGUILERA IS NOT WHITE...SHE'S MIXED HER MOM'S WHITE N HER DAD'S OF LATIN ORIGIN

[thomashas]

seems like they have a sound fight but mcknight won ;-)

[kaatarinna]

wow i would love to sing with brian mcknight...

[CRIZ0000]

dude. whitney houston is a chick XD

[Icecube88]

LMAO

[babygirl12300243]

THIS IS BAD

[cgo83]

There is something about black guy´s voices. They seem to be naturally talented. Just listen to Whitney Houston or Michael Jackson...

[moderate44]

LOL whitney houston is not a guy

[LunarHigh]

Black guy's voices? Aye yo man, whitney houston is a black chick and michael jackson is a white woman...

[Sunyyyyy]

Loooooooool

[bmask06]

lol that was cute it sounded like they were trying to go against each other. lol but both of their vocals are crazy range and all pure talent.

[smoothinak]

His voice cracked and he was still on key. Brian can sing. Christina tried to do too much I think. Too many runs and adlibs can ruin a song. She can sing though

[mehdiourabah4]

flawless

[19arnoldsamau93]

equally talented vocalists

[visam92]

looool brian and luther best male vocalists i've ever heard. brian is obviously better than christina ppl...... cus in like 30 - 40 years from now ppl will remember brian and not christina lool

[ciaracustard]

Lol, I'll remember Christina in 100 years when I'm lying dead in my grave. (Tossing and turning from hearing someone doa crap version of blue monday lol.)

[joeyvoh]

No Im pretty sure we will all remember Christina, Talent like hers is unique and NO ONE WILL FORGET!!

Brian is the one who did too much, he couldnt even handle it. Christina can at least handle it.

[hmolotsi]

C'mon people!  They are both great!!!

[carrietrussell]

you do realize that you are soooo wrong!! She is prob. one of the best, yet doesn't get credit b/c she's white!

[urbanac]

brian the best vocalist of my generation ....

[egyptomika]

Thanks Brian and Christina Merry XMax

[cndyaplsnrzrblds]

it dont seem like they were competeing it seem like they were havin like "run sex" haha like feelin eachother in runs if u will, at the end christinas like WOO haha like good sex

[mayoush87]

lol

[hhsmunch06]

this was soooo a "run" contest LOL

[ryhawks49]

Even though he did stumble a couple of times in this song. It was not "part of his run" as fighting illini put it.

[ryhawks49]

Brian is by far the most talented vocalist of the last 20 years. He doesn't get nearly enough props!

[mdcruz88]

One of the best renditions of the song yet. Awesome combo. McKnight definitely outsings her. He flexes more freestyle creativity, switches from lead to harmony more smoothly, and while she definitely has the high voice he sounds more smooth and natural.  Imagine if Mariah would've done the song with him instead!!!

[SuzanneMoelands]

It's Christina Aguilera, Not Cristina Guillera !

Anyway, it's a beautiful song and they both sing beautiful,

[nego1982]

Thanks!!!

[visam92]

and noo brian did not get out sung, remember christina is a woman and has a high pitch voice, however brian is a man and has a deep voice...... but his voice is more tender than others.

[visam92]

brian is the man!!!

[fightingillini12]

seriously. that run is amazing. i keep playing it over and over again... un-freaking-believable.

[Captainkirk08]

It seems like she is more comfortable singing when she sitting down; i don't know about Brian...??

[crooklynking]

uhmmmmm brian usually sings amazingly while sitting at a piano so i dont kno what ur talkin about

[LunarHigh]

haha damn the ladies love brian mcknight! haha guess I would too if I were a girl. That dude can sing!

[marcusmeunier]

2:19 bad note!!

[vegetatoo1]

it wasn't a bad note it was part of his run (which was TIGHT).

[JelaniMaleeq]

how many times did you listen for that, stan? ... intentional cracking is done all the time ... like wanye from boyz II men

[BabyDee78]

I love it they were at their prime here.

[southparkwaldo]

she looks like avril lavigne in this video..

[robertarran]

Not been funny but she fukin blew him out the water!!!!

[kessec36]

Too many of you commenters are caught up in what they were doing during their performances instead of appreciating it for being a good video.

[yebin75]

1:28 she screws up the second verse.....ugggg.

[tdubb4095]

actually he does it on purpose, you're just a fag

[RomellleXFuture]

omfg my idols lolz i love them 2 death!

[luisafernandarss]

lol what ???

[tasha122277]

this is one of brian's worst performances.

[cpeezie]

These are actually two of the greatest vocal talents of the last twenty years of Music!!!

[SirJonB]

What he was doing at 2:19 was feeling the music. If any of you latest commenters sang and are male to go up like that he had to do it that way or it would have come out much softer at that point. There was nothing wrong with what he did. Get up on ya'll music. And yea there are a few more runs in here than most would allow, but when you have two vocalist on their level that come together for a duet sometimes you get a little caught up. Nonetheless they sounded wonderful.

[drdarrow]

I like both these singers, but the "battle of the runs" using a Christmas song was a bit much. Did they take a vacation from Taste?

[Maddiee3]

Shes laughs at him on 218 19 ahah!

[Bigthingzpoppn08]

LMAO AT 218 WTF WAS HE DOING

[keithface]

think he was a bit surprised himself! he missed his entrance to the next line...:)

[tomala98]

2:18 is hillarious

[tomala98]

lol 2:19

[giamcar32]

just WOW!!!!

[myspacedown]

lkhfjklfd

[myspacedown]

the fuck, christina's mexican... VVVV

[Hikarij]

wow...about like a third of the way through the song i couldn't really understand them...and it didn't really sound all that christmasy to me lol...

their voices are amazing, just..trying to drag it out too much XP still...

[AZBound3]

Christina is one white girl that could sing to me all day and Brian well, thats just musical genius!

[37638]

wtf christina is mexican thats what im talking bout sexy latina!!!

[albaE1]

Christina is not mexican!!! Her mom is White (american) & her dad is from EQUADOR. That is why she has a latin last name, AGUILERA!!

[Makkaer1111]

I feel like christina was trying a little bit too hard in the beginning, but she still sounds great. And brian mcknight is just out of his mind. Hands down great singer

[tinkers1989]

brian mcknight has got to be the best male vocalist i have ever heard, his songs havee to much meaning. i just think there great!

[magiq1]

Agreed.